{"id":2228,"date":"2016-10-11T08:17:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:08:30","slug":"welcome-to-the-sec-jacob-eason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2016\/10\/11\/welcome-to-the-sec-jacob-eason\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the SEC, Jacob Eason"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Full disclosure: I’m a political writer by trade and this is my first foray into sports commentary. The hope, as I go along, is to become a pro at digging into stats and knowing the tendencies — good and bad — of every player in every position on the Georgia Bulldogs football team. For now, though, I hope I don’t bore readers with observations from a novice who understands the game as an\u00a0observer, who watched her four brothers play growing up — 2 at the collegiate level — and as a lifelong fan of the DAWGS. Bear with me…]<\/em><\/p>\n

The thing about playing in the Southeastern Conference<\/strong> is that even when you have a horrendous game, you might still win because football in the SEC means almost everyone on the field is really good, on both sides of the ball. Even on a Sunday after a hurricane. I know this because: a) I grew up in Georgia<\/strong> and was told that from birth. Literally, from birth. And if you’re smart and don’t want to get excommunicated from the church of football, you don’t question its precepts. And b) I watched the Georgia versus South Carolina<\/strong> game, postponed as it was to Sunday, at a BBQ place in my neighborhood that was playing all the NFL<\/strong> games at the same time, and the action on screen between the two teams battling for merely a decent year rivaled what I saw of the pros like, say, the Ravens<\/strong>\/Redskins<\/strong> (but maybe not the Falcons<\/strong>\/Broncos<\/strong>. Rise up!). The SEC really is just that<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

New Kid On The Block<\/h3>\n

So if you’re a true freshman quarterback, recruited by one coach who left before you arrived, and are having to turn on a dime to accommodate the new coaching style of a man who never recruited you and is maybe a slightly harder guy to play for (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing), you may have a bad game. Fortunately for you, you chose the SEC, so you still could win.<\/p>\n

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Final.<\/p>\n

Georgia 28, South Carolina 14.#ATD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hSLyhMPwnX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) October 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n